About Body Jewelry

Body jewelry has tipped the scales from an alternative trend to mainstream fashion. This section focusses on the most popular places for body piercing, the nose and the navel.

How to Clean Body Jewelry

Guide to Nose Piercing - Healing time, placement, and suitable jewelry styles are covered in our guide to nose piercing.

Guide to Navel Piercing - A quick fact sheet on the popular practice of navel piercing including healing time and appropriate types of jewelry to use.

Ear Piercing - A quick fact sheet on the popular practice of navel piercing including healing time and appropriate types of jewelry to use.

Getting a Body Piercing - Here are some tips on what to look for in a piercing studio, and what to expect on the day of your piercing.

Piercing Care - Proper aftercare is key to a long lasting and healthy piercing. This page offers some basic instructions for cleaning and a list of some things to avoid.

Cheap Body Jewelry - Cheap body jewelry is often manufactured in China without the standards and health codes present in the US and may contain high levels of nickel. Nickel is the main cause of skin irritation in body jewelry and should be avoided.

An Appealing Celebrity Trend - Pink, Tommy Lee, and Mary J. Blige, are just a few of the celebs sporting body jewelry these days. Check out who else is following the body jewelry trend.

Piercing Aftercare Myths

Body Jewelry Terms